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The development of Theileria parva in the salivary glands of the tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. E. Purnell  and
L. P. Joyner
R. E. Purnell
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Research Organization, Muguga, Kenya
L. P. Joyner
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Research Organization, Muguga, Kenya
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Sections of salivary glands from the tick R. appendiculatus have been studied to obtain data on the incidence and development of Theileria parva during feeding. Adult ticks previously fed as nymphs on infected cattle were allowed to attach to rabbits after different periods following moulting and removed for dissection after different periods of attachment.

The maximum number of parasites was present from the 3rd to the 5th days of attachment when 30·5–42 % of salivary glands were infected. A small number of undeveloped parasites was observed in the salivary glands of unfed ticks.

The parasites were classified by their appearance into young, intermediate and mature forms and it was shown that the greatest numbers of mature forms were present on the 4th and 5th days of attachment.

It was concluded that with this strain of ticks, reared and infected under the described conditions, the most suitable time for the recovery of the infective forms of T. parva would be the 4th day of feeding.

Acknowledgements are due to the technical staff who contributed to this work, but especially to Mrs D. Backhurst who supervised the processing of the many sections, to Mr B. Wood who prepared the photomicrographs and to Mr K. P. Bailey who maintained the colony of infected R. appendiculatus.

This work was carried out during the assignment of one of us (L.P.J.) by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations to the East African Veterinary Research Organization.

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Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , August 1968 , pp. 725 - 732
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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